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[phineasjones]

happy birthday marginalia!!!

24 january 2007


a view of the platte river from 15th street. i walked 2 miles to the downtown bus station yesterday morning since my car was still in boulder. it was a really nice walk, though a little rushed. i may have to make that a more regular occurrence.

yesterday was a much more calm and even day that the one preceding. a good thing i forgot to mention is that i got into the theory class. yay! i have no idea why, she just spontaneously changed her mind. which is awesome because i had some pretty humiliating begging planned. instead, matt and i spent some time yesterday preparing for today's aural quiz for which we will have to identify scales (whole tone, pentatonic and octatonic) from the five random pitches she plays. it's kind of like a fun game for music dorks. except it gets graded and all so... less fun.

also yesterday, i went to a therapy-related meeting. my shrink recommended this clinic where there are a bunch of therapists so first you meet and chat with a nice lady and then she pairs you up with the one she thinks is best. it was a pleasant meeting. she's a very nice lady. and now my special, just-for-me therapist will call me to set up an appointment. which is good because, if it were left to me, there's a good chance i just wouldn't do it. ahh. therapy again. i almost look forward to it. but i don't look at all forward to the initial part. i wish i could just write something up with all the basic background about me and let her study it beforehand so we could just dig in. it would be like: diagnosed depression and ADD, on drugs for both, brother killed himself, 3 parents and i like it that way, gay and happy about that too, negative self-image, generally mean to self, obsessively nice to other people (most of them), need help sticking up for self and fending off the evils of procrastination and its horrid emotional side-effects. now, where would you like to begin?

Comments

[madmadharri.livejournal.com]

i wish i could just write something up with all the basic background about me and let her study it beforehand so we could just dig in.

ok, i hate getting suggestions re:therapy myself, so i'm just going to throw this out there and run away. my thought is it's your dime, so if you want to write a life-in-summary and have her read it, then do it, rockappella! i know you'll still have to wade through it all, but. yeah. my gut said write it! and i'm just going where my gut says. and also - go team you for going to find a therapist! ::flees in submarine::

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

heheh rockappella. :)

your gut is very smart. i think i'll check this therapist out, see how much she knows from my meeting with the sorting hat lady and go from there. it's good for you to remind me who's in the proverbial driver's seat. thanks. <3

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

and that's so great that they'll call you. making calls is so difficult, at least for me.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

i know! i hate the phone. well, sometimes.

[anabelwumpkins.livejournal.com]

That clinic sounds great! I want one! I tried a "behavio(u)ral health department" around here, with the hope that it would involve someone pairing me up with the perfect therapist. But they paired me up with a cranky lady who kept raising her eyebrow whenever I claimed that i'm in a very happy, healthy relationship. Whatev.

Also- I think you could definitely write up a basic background for your new therapist! I don't see any reason why you couldn't let her know what it is you're dealing with, things that have and haven't worked in the past, and some of the more narrative parts of your history. That way, you know you've said what you meant to say, and the "exposition" therapy sessions might be fewer!

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

who kept raising her eyebrow whenever I claimed that i'm in a very happy, healthy relationship

WHAT? that's crazy. ::punches her out::

yes, that's exactly what i want, less exposition. i think maybe i'll just meet her first and see if she's amenable. and if i like her. :)

written word

[quercum.livejournal.com]

Personally I like what you wrote here already...sums it up ...gets right to the point. But then I am a person of few words in these kinds of situations.

Re: written word

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

well, she could read that real quick-like. that would be good.

[zestythelemon.livejournal.com]

Wait - you're in post-tonal too?! I might have to switch sections. :-)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yep! i'm in the 2:00. good luck trying to switch sections, though, i only barely made it into the class. whew! but hey, maybe i'll see you listening to the berg! :)

[emriver.livejournal.com]

15th Street - make sure you smile (http://www.cotrip.org/rWeather/camera/60052N.jpg) the next time you go that way

clinic I wonder if they should dispense with the nice lady and instead have a speed-dating session with all the therapists

[camillafarfalla.livejournal.com]

speed-dating session with all the therapists
ahahahaha!! brilliant!!

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

wow, i was on candid camera. :)

that therapy speed dating is, indeed, brilliant. you should look into it. quit your day job!

[camillafarfalla.livejournal.com]

omg, I think about that ALL THE TIME. The therapy write-up thing, I mean. Wait, we've even talked about that here, I think. I keep wondering if there would be any reason NOT to do that. I mean, wouldn't it be helpful to them too? Bc otherwise there's so much time wasted spent on all the stuff we already know. hm.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

hm, yeah, seems like we may have talked about it. and, really, it is kind of wasted time. i mean, we pay for these sessions. why spend them re-hashing things we're perfectly ok with? or... at least things that aren't the point, you know?